This is a really really good cake recipe, it's from Ottolenghi like most of all my favourite recipes and its a perfect winter cake, you could always swap the apples for pears if you like. makes one cake or around 25-30 cupcakes 80g sultanas 4 tbsp water 280g flour ½ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp salt ½ tsp baking powder 1 ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda 120ml olive oil 160g caster sugar ½ vanilla pod 2 eggs lightly beaten 3 brambly apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm dice grated zest 1 lemon 2 egg whites Maple icing 100g unsalted butter at room temp 100g light muscavado sugar 85ml maple syrup 220g cream cheese room temp Prepare your cupcake trays and put cases inside them, or if your making it into a cake grease a springform cake tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment. Place the sultanas in 4 tbsp of water and simmer on a medium heat until all the water has been absorbed and then leave to cool. Preheat the oven to 170˚C. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking